Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
SGtaps aud fatts.

lnai cases $500 mexican war Claims, ana
the remainder miscellaneous cases. The
statement is made that every case on file
in the pension Office was taken up during
the year and put on the road to final adju-
dication.
~ A careful estimate of the loss by forest
fires which have devastated the northern
peninsula of Michigan during the last fort
night, puts the total damage at $7,0OO,00O
of the town of Lake Linden. Only eight
lives are positively known to have been
lost. Great restitution prevails through
out the burned district.
20 The National Democratic Convention
o f1SSS will consist of 820 delegates, divld-
ed as follows: The New England States,
rs; the Middle States, 100; the Southern
States, 500; the Western States, 212; the
Pacific States, %; the Territories and the
District of Columbia, Is. The two-thirds
rule obtains in the grand census OF the De-
smOcracy, and the man who will be noml-
mated viii have to get, therefore, SAT votes.
- Governor Bodwell, of Maine, has sent
communications to the Attorney General
of the State, and to every county attorney
in the State calling their attention to the
fact that q conspiracy exists to evade the
prohibition liquor law by an unjustiiable
Interpretation of the United States reven-
ne regulations regarding the sale of liquor
in imported packages, and calling upon
them to enforce the law to the fullest ex-
tent.
- Mayor Whitney, of Baltimore, has sue
ceeded in bringing down on his executive
head the wrath of the women and the Sun.
He fatty refused to put women on the
school boards. The Sun reads the Mayora
lecture in this way: ''The wise and loving
mother is the best type of educator for the
very young, and if the appointment OF
women to school boards will serve ulti-
mately 10 bring that truth fully into view,
the innovation to which Mayor Whitney
objects cannot be introduced too soon."
Fire almost swept the town of Marsh
field, Wisconsin, out of existence on the
afternoon Of the 9th ultimo, and 1000
people were rendered homeless. The loss
Is not less than 81 LOGO, 600. A locomotive
spark started the blaze at noon in the lum-
Der yard of the Upham furniture factory
and it rapidly developed into a roaring
fire, that spread toward the town. Insufti-
Gent protection facilities prevented any
resistance to the flames, and socE several
Furnishing factories and business blocks
along Main streetand adjoining residences
were wrapped in flames. The people
oUlC4O ouSA 6SS~S
could and few to the woods.
Senator John I. Mitchell, of Pennsyl-
Yania, says of the temperance movement:
"If in any town, city or State, it can be
prohibited, let it be banished; if from any
day sacred to religion or to patriotism it
can be expurgated, let it be done If it can
be driven from it's many places of trathc
into few, and in them be better regulated
and brought more under the light OF pub
lie scrutiny, its vicious influence will be
less and its final determination easier, be-
cause its effect upon vested rights will be
less general. shall be content" he adds,
ito support that party which l think has
done, can and will do the most to avert the
real dangers which threaten us from this
source, so long as it shall be obedient to
that progressive spirit which has thus far
enabled it to deserve popular support"
-Two-thirds of the cotton seed oil sold
in the United States goes to the makers OF
lard and butterine, and its use to the ex-
tent of about 20 per cent. has been one of
the most powerful. influences in reducing
the price of lard. It is also being used for
cooking, and a large proportion OF the OIL
taken with salads and sardines is the pro-
duct of the cotton fields. 1t is estimated
that not far from 100000 tons OF cotton
seed are used in this industry every year,
and that from 400, 900 to 100000 barrels OF
crude oil are produced, half of which IS
exported from the States. The oil is not
the only product of the seed. The meal,
after the oil has been expressed, is sold
either loose or compressed into cakes, for
animal food, cattle taking to it kindly,
and for fertilizing purposes. When re-
fined it is difficult to distinguish between
the cotton and olive oil.
u. B. Rosborough, chairman of the
Democratic Territorial committee OF Utah,
and VIM. H. James, chairman OF the Re
publican Territorial committee, have is
sued a public address in reference to the
movement for Statehood in Utah. The
Democratic and Republican parties in
Utah refused to participate in the conven-
ton, and adds: "The whole affair is a
Church party movement, conducted SOLE
~ by members of the Mormon Church to
obtain for it Statehood. The earnest per-
sonal solicitation of many of them failed
to induce q single Non-MormOn to become
q delegate. All Non-Mormons in Utah
oppose the movement as insincere, and
fraught with serious consequences If sue
~cessful."
The Democratic State Convention of
Ohio will be held at Cleveland on the Goth
and 21st instant. AS the time grows near
er for the meeting of the Convention, it
becomes more and more apparent that AL
len G. Thurman will be nominated by &C
clamation for Governor. The Ex-senator
is not anxious to again enter the political
arena, but he cannot well refuse a unani-
nous call of his party, the party that hon
ored him so often. If he will allow his
name to go before the Convention (and it
looJro NJ nrocopt DC if ho u,tN M othqr
name will be mentioned, and Thurman
will be placed at the head of the ticket
amid q storm of applause. Thurman
would poll a tremendous vote for Govern
or. Old. Democrats who have not voted
since the war would come out of their
holes and vote for Thurman. His nomina-
ton would create the greatest enthusiasm
ever known in Ohio, and he would snow
under Foraker by at least 10000 majority.
The eucalyptus tree of Australia, which
was introduced into California some years
ago, has accomplished all that was expect
ed of it as q r%enovator of malarial districts,
and rather more. 1t grows with astonish-
ing rapidity, and by sending out multitude
inous roots quickly dries the soil where it
is planted. 1t rises to a great height, has
thick foliage, and is probably the best
wind break in the State. Its vitality is
extraordinary. 1t may be stripped OF
bark, yet will in a short time repair the
damage, and if cut off ten feet from the
ground, will. in a month or two, at the
proper season, send out new branches:
In the search for water it exhibits almost
animal intelligence. Nothing else can
live in it's vicinity if moisture be scarce,
and hence many gardens suffer. The roots
will run twenty-five feet in search of water,
the crevices in drains are sure to be reach
ed, and the pipes filled up by the growth
of roots. It will not answer to plant the